The use of technology in the delivery of health care and health information.

E-health

Medical care of the elderly

Geriatrics

The study of aging and older adults.

Gerontology

A core body temperature below the lower limit of normal.

Hypothermia

Excessive convex curvature of the thoracic spine, humpback.

Kyphosis

The repository for information stored for periods longer than 72 hours and usually weeks and years.

Long-term memory

Demineralization of the bone

Osteoporosis

Spontaneous fractures to which elderly persons are prone.

Pathologic fractures

The ability to interpret the environment through the senses.

Perception

Generalized loss of hearing due to aging.

Presbycusis

Deals with activities of the recent past of minutes to a few hours.

Recent memory

Steady decrease in muscle fibers.

Sarcopenia

Momentary perception of stimuli by the senses.

Sensory memory

Information held in the brain for immediate use or what one has in mind at a given moment.

Short-term memory

Diseases that are prolonged, do not resolve spontaneously, and are rarely cured completely.

Chronic Illness

Intentional acts by a caregiver or "trusted other" that cause harm or serious risk of harm to a vulnerable older adult &/or neglect meeting basic needs of a vulnerable older adult.

Elder Abuse/Mistreatment

Specialty area of providing culturally competent care to ethnic elders.

Ethnogeriatric

Older adults who, because of declining physical health and resources, are most vulnerable.

Frail Elderly

Care of older adults based on the specialty body of knowledge of gerontology.

Gerontologic nursing

A federally funded health insurance program for people ages 65 yrs and older, as well as for some people with disabilities under age 65 & for all people with end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis or a transplant.